dratip

The fact that congress would have to both repeal the 16th amendment and initiate the FairTax plan separately is true. But we have to put more faith in the public, and the politician's desire to please his constituents. I, for one, have not lost hope in the idea of freedom. Do you really think the American public would allow the government to enact one law, and not the other. They could not possibly get away with such disapproval from the number of people that will surely express their displeasure. I just finished Neal Boortz's book and I like the idea and think it could work.One confusion though: If the state governments don't follow suit with the FairTax plan, what will prevent from an overall consumption tax and a State sales tax, plus the burden of living in a state that receives state income taxes?